WV | DHHR | BPH | OEHP | HSC | PUBLICATIONS | ||
Back to County List | Tables extracted from West Virginia County Health Profiles - 2000 | Back to List of Tables |
Category | 1992 County Percent |
1997 County Percent |
SI* | 1997 Estimated U.S. Percent |
% Differnce 1997 County from 1997 U.S |
SI* | County Rank |
Physical Inactivity | 37.5 | 22.4 | * | 29.7 | -24.6 | * | 36 |
Obesity | 20.0 | 14.6 | ![]() |
17.0 | -13.9 | ![]() |
35 |
Hypertension | 21.0 | 25.4 | ![]() |
23.3 | 9.2 | ![]() |
26 |
Seatbelt Nonuse | 33.2 | 28.2 | ![]() |
27.0 | 4.3 | ![]() |
25 |
Cigarette Smoking | 21.4 | 19.4 | ![]() |
23.0 | -15.8 | ![]() |
35 |
Smokeless Tobacco Use | 3.5 | 3.8 | TS | 3.7 | TS | TS | 36 |
Binge Drinking | 17.0 | 16.7 | TS | 13.5 | TS | TS | 3 |
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64 | 10.7 | 19.4 | ![]() |
16.9 | 15.0 | ![]() |
25 |
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost | 5.9 | 12.3 | TS | 10.6 | 15.6 | ![]() |
29 |
Category | 1992 County Percent |
1997 County Percent |
SI* | 1997 Estimated U.S. Percent |
% Differnce 1997 County from 1997 U.S |
SI* | County Rank |
* An asterick (*) indicates a statistically significant difference from the U.S. rate.
TS: Number is too small for a valid comparison.
N.A. = Not Available.
Note: 1992 represents aggregated data from 1990-94;
1997 represents aggregated data from 1995-99.
Note: The U.S. percent for physical inactivity is for 1996 due to lack of data for 1997.
Note: West Virginia's seatbelt use law went into effect on September 1, 1993.
Note: The range for county ranks in this column is 1 to 36.
See Introduction for explanation of tables.
Last updated March 7, 2001.
If you have further questions about West Virginia vital statistics data, you may contact the Health Statistics Center at:
Phone: 304-558-9100
Email:dhhrvitalreg@wv.gov
WV | DHHR | BPH | OEHP |
HSC |
PUBLICATIONS |
Top of Page